Furniture and colour to match solid oak flooring

9 years ago

Hi guys -- my first post here. I'm in the process of planning a redecoration of a lounge, hall and dining room. The house purchase should complete soon so I'm getting ahead of the curve and trying to plan what could be done with the rooms.

The rooms are not connected, but they all share solid oak flooring. The hall is short but wide, the lounge and dining rooms are of a good size.

At the moment the walls are all gardenia. I'm having trouble finding good combinations of wall colours, furniture and lighting to complement the flooring. Please show examples of work or ideas to help.

Many thanks.

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minnie101

9 years ago

In terms of the furniture you just want something in a colour to offset the floor ie darker wood, white/black lacquer or gloss or painted furniture. It's a good idea to tie the colours into the rooms. Have a look at farrow and balls grey colours and their colour suggestions. Maybe elephants breath in the hall and a light grey in the lounge with a darker shade in the dining room. You could also try a feature wall in a darker shade if wanted. (Do make sure the rooms have enough light to carry the grey though) Go for a darker grey sofa and maybe try either white, silver and black accessories and furniture. Or if you want it warmer add pale pinks or mauves but don't have more than 60% of the rooms in grey. Try a large drum or sphere pendant or chandelier for the ceiling and add a statement floor lamp in each room ie arc, angle poise or tripod/movie. If you add table lamps keep them simple as the room may not take 3 statement lights. Hang the light low over the dining table and you could also try the same with a chair or sofa. Unfortunately I can't find pics that tie this all in together. Do have a look at the website madeaboutthehouse and their 50 shades of grey which may give you ideas.

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minnie101
9 years ago
Hi. What style/s do you like or want? Is the oak floor light, mid or dark?
Adam Ash
Original Author
9 years ago
Hi Minnie, thank you for the reply.

It's a light oak floor like this: http://wfinteriors.co.uk/wall-and-floor-interiors/Floor-Sanding_files/light-oak-stain-different-floor.jpg

Essentially we like the idea of neutral colours, nothing too bold. Simplistically; grey walls, similar furniture but powerful statement lighting. We're not into bold colours. But having trouble coming up with something that works. We like the idea that the rooms flow nicely together.
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Thank you both for taking the time to reply. I think one of the rooms might well end up with green accents, but I don't think I would like green furniture - would prefer something neutral so that if we wanted to change the colour scheme in the future we could easily without having to replace the furniture. I suspect the other (master) bedroom will end up a more coastal colour scheme. @Sonia, thank you I had been looking at the Cotswold Company so that's good to hear their stuff might work quite nicely. Sadly we don't live that close to any of their stores and I tend to like to see furniture in the flesh but perhaps we'll have to make a trek. Would still be interested to hear what wood types/colours would work best as I don't really like all matching furniture in a room, so I suspect we'll want to have various different items in each of the two bedrooms,.
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Adam Ash
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9 years ago
Thank you so much for the reply. The closest I can find to the design style we like is this attached image. But not sure if the colour of our floor will go with the rest of this design. It would be a shame to rip up the flooring.

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minnie101
9 years ago
I like the idea, something along these lines will look great. The paint looks to me like F&B cornforth White as I've got it. I Think it will look great with the floor (I do have a parquet floor with oak and walnut though so I would say that!). The pic attached is from testingrubyrhino
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jacksplash
9 years ago
White could look great with your floor,but if it is too stark for your taste you could go for an ivory or cream colour. I have attached some pics hope they help.
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jacksplash
9 years ago
One more picture,this time with some wall colour..
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Adam Ash
Original Author
9 years ago
I like that Jack, love the colour too. This is much like the floor colour we will have.
minnie101
9 years ago
The duck egg is a great colour for the oak. Oak is made up of yellow and orange so if you want the floor to stand out choose a complementary colour ie a cool colour. A lot of greys would work if you are set on grey, just avoid anything with a pink or beige undertone. White also works as jack said
jacksplash
9 years ago
I think I might use it in my own room Lol. I have an oak floor also.
cpamittam
7 years ago
I have oak ash white laminate floor, grey sheen kitchen cabinets. What furniture should I choose if flooring is ash white ?
jacksplash
7 years ago
@cpamittam,if you set up a new "dilemma" a lot more houzzers will see it and be better able to help..uploading a photo of your current room will help also.

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